“There is No Such Thing as a Fool-Proof System”: These Inventions Were the Result of People’s Stupidity

Have you ever gone to a store and found that the thing you want to buy is locked up in a display case, complete with a theft sensor and a plexiglass cover? Yeah, me too. And let me tell you; it’s a real pain in the you-know-what. Sure, stores want to protect their stock, but it starts to get a little annoying…

But this seems like a bit of an overreaction… Finding the person with the key is like trying to track down the Holy Grail. All I want to do is buy a pair of headphones! Maybe we should just go back to the good old days of trusting people not to steal things… But that would also require people to stop stealing.